Bass fly fishing tips

Get the bugs out

This information will help those struggling when going bass fishing - check it out for some great tips.

Flyfishing for bass is a slow-paced antidote for metal-flake run-and-gun tactics. It doesn’t always offer the most or the largest bass, but it’s relaxing in the way bass fishing used to be, and that’s the fundamental appeal.

Sometimes, though, it’s too relaxed. Catching bass on a surface bug is so often assumed to be a simple process that too much gets taken for granted. Wobbly leaders land floating bugs off target. Sloppy line handling produces fewer strikes, and impatient retrieves keep bug and bass from making contact. Pay just a little more attention to these three problems, and you’ll take a lot more bass with surface bugs.

[1] A Poorly Placed Rod Tip
The biggest mistake most people make is holding the rod tip a few inches above the water. That leaves a short curve of slack line between it and the surface. When they strip a few inches of line to work the bug, the force of that strip is used up in shortening the slack and the fly moves only a little. If a bass does strike, that sag sometimes means you’ll miss the fish.

The rod tip belongs right on the water’s surface when you’re retrieving. With no slack line, if you make a 6-inch strip, the bug moves 6 inches. The retrieve is completely controlled, and you can work the fly more effectively.

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Thanks to John Merwin for these great tips

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